Targus Wireless Bluetooth Presenter Remote Control & Mouse Cursor for MAC (not compatible with LION operating system) - A great device to make the perfect presentation

Wow, this thing is BIG. Loads bigger than you'd think from the photos. It's about the size of an old candybar phone like a Nokia 5110. It detects as a mouse, but don't let that fool you.... if you try and use it on Windows 7 plus Powerpoint then all the buttons do weird things. Mouse Mode (slide the control to the left) works fine, presenter mode (slide it to the right) is some sort of weird hybrid where the "forward slide" button appears to emulate a shift/arrow up combo and starts selecting things on the screen. So you HAVE TO use the CD that came with the device. I can't stress this enough, I wasted 2 hours searching for drivers under all the model numbers this thing has. Nothing is out there, just put the CD in and install from there and it works perfectly. Trouble is these days it took me ages to find a computer that has a CD drive in it, proper old technology. They don't exist on the Targus website though, it's like they're embarrassed about this massive presenter device. Had it been more than £3.99 I'd have knocked it down to two or three stars for being massive, and a faff to install. However the value aspect knocked my rating up to a five, even if it doesn't make a great presenter I can use it as a cat toy as it has a laser pointer built in. But the fact I had to start dragging laptops out of cupboards and charge them up just to rip the drivers off the CD loses a star, so my final verdict is FOUR STARTS NOT BAD

Solid construction and visually pleasing - this gem is an absolute bargain. I have viewed other more expensive products and I can say that this is hands down the best value wireless presenter that I have seen. My Compaq Windows 7 Laptop located the device without any problems. Install the supplied software and you have a truly versatile presenter. In 'Mouse Mode' the cursor moves quite sharply across the screen but I soon got the hang of it. The right and left arrows act as the right and left mouse buttons and the small circular window in the middle acts as the touch pad. I booted up a presentation in Libre Office and switched to 'Presenter Mode' and the unit worked flawlessly - it even has a button to blank the screen which I have seen during other presentations and I think is a very useful feature. It would be difficult to justify spending any more on a wireless presenter - and by the way it has a laser pointer as well for good measure.

I needed a "clicker" for doing presentations and this one was WAY cheaper than any others so I was willing to take a gamble. Pros: It does work as a mouse on Windows 10 The Price Cons: its heavy and a bulky (2x AA batteries) it appears to eat batteries, Despite supposedly turning off after 1 hour of non use. As there are no specific drivers/software for Win 10 you cant customise the buttons. Over all I got what I had hopped from it for the "big presentation" I was doing so I'm happy If you want a fully functional,customisable, lightweight presentation mouse then be warned this may not be it.

Given the good reputation Targus has in general, I was pleased to see such a bargain offer from them. I was keen to have a presentation tool / pointer that did not require an additional dongle, but that could make use of the laptop's built-in Bluetooth - dongles tend to get lost. The product arrived promptly. On unpacking, I followed the manual's instructions to download the software from the UK site for Targus. The manual directs you to [...]. There is no such software at this link. Even more mysterious is that Targus list no such product as the part number BEU0564C. Rather than return an items costing less than £7, I soldiered on... On my Windows 7 laptop, when Bluetooth connected with it (no mention of Windows 7 in the manual - only XP and Vista), it sees the model as a "Targus Presenter for MAC (AMP11)". I then loaded the software from the enclosed CD. Start this software (confusingly referred to as Mouse Settings), select the "Targus Bluetooth Presenter (AMP11) - Mouse mode" and select Default Settings. (No mention of the part number BEU0564C here either!). After a long pause and some fiddling with the switch on the device (I don't know if this had any effect?), the device worked, giving PowerPoint all the expected commands (in the device's presenter mode). The BEU0564C / AMP11 unit automatically switches off after 60 minutes, according to the manual, or when you push the power switch for about 4 seconds. When it is powered on (also hold the power switch for about 4 seconds), the unit flashes a red light, to indicate it is not yet connected to the Bluetooth receiver. (The only mention in the manual of a flashing light is a battery low warning.) It auto-connected after about 3 minutes - just about OK if you know about this in advance, but a lifetime if you have a waiting audience and you are just looking at a flashing light! I found no way to shorten this re-connect time, in the software or through Device Manager in Windows 7. I cannot yet comment on general reliability, as I have just got the BEU0564C / AMP11 working today. I will add to the review if I encounter the reliability issues experienced by another reviewer. Likely product history: This product appears to be an orphan - it originally sold as the AMP11 for the MAC in the USA at $42. Targus describe it as "the only wireless presenter dedicated to Mac users." On their own site, it was slated for not keeping up with the OS upgrades on the MAC to Lion 10.7. It appears to have been re-launched for the European market with a Windows driver and packaged as BEU0564C at this far lower price. I could find no Windows software / driver support for this product from Targus (or anywhere else) on the Internet - so don't lose your CD!! (There is no PDF manual on the CD, despite the label saying there is.) Summary: For about £7, this is an inexpensive PowerPoint presentation tool which works with Windows 7 on my built-in Bluetooth receiver (Dell Wireless 355 Module in a XPS M1530). I like the lack of the need for another USB dongle. The range is very good. The deduction of stars is for the apparent lack of support on the Targus site, the effort it took to get it going initially and the three-minute wait, if for any reason you need to reconnect to the Bluetooth receiver. Follow-up 5 days later: This product is just too un-reliable for me. It drops the link to the Bluetooth too often and takes too long to re-connect (around 3 minutes). I ended up buying a Kensington product Kensington Si600 Wireless Presenter with Laser Pointer - Presentation remote control - radio that is nearly 4 times the price (£22) and uses a seperate dongle - but it just WORKS! No software to install, no droped connections, no worries during your presentation. If you need a presenter at all, you need one in which you can have confidence.

I bought this for the sole purpose of transitioning through slides on my Mac. It does not work. No CD drive on my Mac to download the software. And even when I have managed to extract the software with help from technical friends, it refuses to install. It does however work just as a wireless mouse on the Mac. And all functions work on a windows laptop. This is the only reason it gets 1 star. Otherwise it does not work fully on the device it is specified for.

Le gros problème est que ce produit n'est absolument plus compatible avec les Mac depuis plus de 5 ans déjà. Pour preuve, les piles qui étaient dans ce produit avaient une durée d'utilisation maximale à février 2011 ! alors que je viens de l'acheter. Après changement des piles, la commande (Presenter) est reconnu par mon Macbook Pro Retina 2015 via un jumelage classique en Bluetooth mais impossible dans Powerpoint de faire avancer/reculer les diapositives en mode "présentateur" de cette télécommande. La commande en mode émulation de souris fonctionne par contre très bien Heureusement après une recherche sur Internet, j'ai trouvé une information qui m'a permis de "reprogrammer" via un script simple cette télécommande : [...] Bref un produit à déconseiller pour le Mac (elle fonctionne par contre correctement avec un PC sur Windows 8 et en bluetooth)

El puntero está bien terminado, consta de modo ratón que permite desplazamiento y modo presentación. Funciona en Android 5.1.1 Windows y en Mac el capitán, al menos en un macbook de 2008, en ambos modos. El láser funciona bien también. La única pega y es por lo que no puedo darle 5 estrelllas es que NO ES COMPATIBLE CON iOS por lo que no se puede emplear en el keynote de un iPad. Por otra parte tiene un precio magnífico y no tienes que ocupar un USB.

El ratón y el puntero láser funcionan bien, pero el presentador no funciona en los pc’s. Solo se puede conectar a equipos que tengan el bluetooth incorporado.